Australia stocks higher at close of trade; S&P/ASX 200 up 1.06% By Investing.com

Investing.com – Australia stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Sydney, the rose 1.06%.

The best performers of the session on the were Pointsbet Holdings Ltd (ASX:), which rose 10.70% or 0.29 points to trade at 3.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Zip Co Ltd (ASX:) added 7.88% or 0.08 points to end at 1.09 and Nickel Mines Ltd (ASX:) was up 7.35% or 0.09 points to 1.32 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:), which fell 13.88% or 0.63 points to trade at 3.91 at the close. Unibail Rodamco Westfield (ASX:) declined 4.36% or 0.23 points to end at 5.05 and Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:) was down 4.14% or 3.25 points to 75.31.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 879 to 572 and 398 ended unchanged.

Shares in Kogan.com Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 13.88% or 0.63 to 3.91. Shares in Domino’S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (ASX:) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.14% or 3.25 to 75.31.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was down 9.37% to 14.06.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.22% or 23.15 to $1,914.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.58% or 0.61 to hit $105.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.95% or 1.02 to trade at $108.28 a barrel.

AUD/USD was up 0.96% to 0.72, while AUD/JPY rose 0.36% to 93.15.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 102.94.